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by pinky1417 7y ago
You're right to be skeptical when costs are omitted. Skepticism is especially warranted when you're looking at a standalone company. However, cost estimation can be a bit of a dark art, especially for side projects. Sure, the arti
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by pinky1417 7y ago
Being pleasant costs you nothing and yields tremendous benefits. And you can still disagree with people and not be a pushover. I can have a debate with someone and not be a rude, unpleasant person.
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by pinky1417 8y ago
Asset productivity is what the intrinsic value is; i.e. the future cash flows, discounted to today's money. However, intrinsic value and market value are frequently out of whack. You can see this in the stock market: stock prices cha
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by pinky1417 8y ago
Especially if you're young! Just regularly saving a small amount of your earnings and regularly putting it into a broad-based, low-cost index fund can make a huge difference in your wealth over time. Compound interest for the win.
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by pinky1417 8y ago
I flew an Air France Concorde on the JFK-CDG route and it was definitely a tight fit... but completely worth it. Business class is nice, but nothing compared to chopping a few hours off time spent in dry, high altitude cabin air. I've
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by pinky1417 9y ago
Assuming fake users don't add to revenue (by not clicking on ads, for example), shouldn't fake users depress ARPU? The numerator remains constant while the denominator increases.
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by pinky1417 9y ago
Oh woah, definitely not sanitized of politics. Probably because I follow some politicians, I get recommendations for these crazy, aggressive political meme pages. I see some very very hot button stuff on my feed. Count yourself lucky that I
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by pinky1417 9y ago
Some flavor of neo-colonialism is possible, but I'd bet the biggest threat to African development comes from bad governance rather than the outside. Africans have ingenuity and local knowledge. The developed world has cash and business
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by pinky1417 9y ago
SB in economics here and current business school student (I know, I know: burn the future MBA at the stake!). Indeed, it is a valid criticism. The market cap/GDP measure is mismatched, since market cap theoretically reflects investors&
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by pinky1417 9y ago
This. I have a Surface Pro 4 and it's garbage for work. I've had two MacBooks, currently use a Win 10 desktop, have a 6 year old iPad, and the Surface is my least favorite device. Physical keyboard doesn't work well on a lap,
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by pinky1417 9y ago
I largely agree with you on efficiency. For topics you're familiar with, papers and high-quality blogs are more efficient. Still, I like nonfiction books for a few reasons: (1) Audiobooks. Sure, I definitely don't retain as much a
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by pinky1417 10y ago
I agree. And I say this with all due respect to tdk, unless you want to be a "typical Hacker News blowhard," don't make irrelevant critiques! It's this kind of stuff that gets me riled up about HN comments. This, and the
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by pinky1417 11y ago
Ahh, you can't have it both ways. Does a simple trend line, e.g. 12 month moving average, suffice to tell you to get in or out of a stock ("the bear market that ended in 2009 was easily identified by the breaking of trend lines&qu
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by pinky1417 11y ago
There's not a shred of evidence that technical analysis is anything but a charlatan's tool - same as trying to time the market. Technical analysis is bound to yield only losses for the investor and fees for the broker. The evidenc
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by pinky1417 11y ago
Ahh yes, well if you can't take a message of support from someone who (independent of your article) supports "bro" culture, I should note that I do not support your lifestyle, that of the "uptight tool." All the bes
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by pinky1417 11y ago
Because I see you attend The Iron Temple, you must also be a worshipper of Brodin. Wheymen.
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by pinky1417 11y ago
Hi there, I have a few questions: * Why are you providing this service? * Is there a fee associated with your solution? * Do you have any particular skills or background that, say, my existing analysts may not have?
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by pinky1417 11y ago
Excellent, especially for getting women involved in startups and tech. An important thing to note is that startups created and led by women may look significantly different from startups created by white guys. The fund should be sure to not
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by pinky1417 11y ago
That's a rather surprising statement given the technical sophistication of Apple's products. In what way is Apple trying to play catch up with the others?
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by pinky1417 11y ago
Wouldn't it be better to just eliminate or reduce HR's involvement in the hiring process? Especially at a large or medium sized company, HR has roles outside hiring, like dealing with workplace harassment, ensuring compliance, and
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by pinky1417 11y ago
I'd recommend going to your manager/hiring manager. Go to HR/recruiting if they tell you to or if they can't help you. Starting with your manager is preferable because (1) your manager is likely your advocate and (2) HR
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by pinky1417 11y ago
I'm assuming here that you're (1) Going to have to continue classes after your August 10th start date and that (2) You're unable to do you classes and work at the same time (i.e. your school and company aren't in the sam
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by pinky1417 11y ago
Did anyone else catch the doctor mentioning that the boy recently asked for a mojito? It's a bit surprising that a 14 year old would ask for alcohol in a country where the drinking age is 18. But hey, it's Italy, perhaps there sig
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by pinky1417 11y ago
"Damn right" is exactly the right response to criticism for not pulling 100 hour work weeks. Bravo. Unless I'm saving babies and kittens or planning a Mars mission, you won't see me spending my entire life in a cubicle.
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by pinky1417 11y ago
They're not taking from the poorest, they're selling to them. People in low income brackets use services and pay for them, just like everyone else in a market economy. As a society, we need to stop acting like every business that
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by pinky1417 12y ago
How would SF real estate be a hedge if the regional tech labor market becomes depressed? Lower wages in SF and the surrounding area should depress real estate prices in SF, not increase real estate prices.
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by pinky1417 12y ago
Wow, impressive article especially considering it comes from (I think) a junior at Princeton https://www.linkedin.com/pub/evan-soltas/29/5/b44 My only gripe is that he thinks that entrepreneurship and in
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by pinky1417 12y ago
Hedge funds do indeed underperform the market: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-13/hedge-funds-underpe... Same with mutual funds. With both mutual funds and hedge funds, investors are paying a ton of money fo
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by pinky1417 12y ago
Peter Thiel's Zero to One was outstanding. Its advice was actually different from most other entrepreneurship books out there. It's most appropriate for startups trying to make it big (i.e. become "unicorns"). Ben Horowi
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by pinky1417 12y ago
I'm not sure about the technical reasons why the An-225's reliability would be so much shorter. It would make sense that a one-of-a-kind special purpose aircraft has a shorter intended lifespan than a high-production commercial ai

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